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gcconnor1 
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Nuclear Power School in Windsor Locks CT with orders to Sub School. Was a sad time and a time for reflecting on my career choice. I stuck with the plan and did 7 patrols on USS Ethan Allen.
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Runner485
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I thought Scorpion's sister ship was the Shark...I only say that because the Shark usta pull into pier 22 along with Scorpion...( SubRon6 ) |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:15am |
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The Sculpin was the sister ship to the Scamp, both stationed in San Diego.
I was on the Sculpin in the Mare Island Shipyard getting our fuel oil and compensating water line that ran through the Reactor Compartment replaced. It seems that we discovered what Chloride Stress Corrosion does to stainless steel piping. I have made a number of posts over the years about what I believe happened to the Thresher and won't go through all that now. We were in Pearl, heading to Westpac when the piping problem was discovered and were sent directly to Mare Island for repairs. The Scamp "graciously" took our Westpac trip (Thanks John)
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:21am |
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The Skipjack, Scamp, Scorpion, Sculpin, Shark, and Snook were all Skipjack class/Variant Scamp except the Skipjack which was Variant Skipjack.
As a side note the George Washington was made from original hull of the Scorpion. |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:45am |
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Aboard USS Barbel SS-580 at Pearl Harbor. A somber day then, as it is now.
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 9:46am |
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I was at NPTU West Milton qualifying on the S3G plant.
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 12:54pm |
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I also remember we (Blue/599) received a sonarman (David Spence) who came off the 593 a month before she was lost. He was a mess for a while but recovered and went on the next patrol with us. He is still around in Pennsylvania.
John Clear, Dan Martini, and I were all in the same EM 'A' Class in San Diego prior to Sub-School. I think Dan and John was in Duane Bobbit's Sub School class. I had pneumonia and was set back. Duane Bobbit from Midland, TX was a neat guy was in the EM 'A' Class with us and was lost on the 593. |
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PaulR
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 1:10pm |
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Similar story with USS Sea Robin receiving a RM1(SS) transfer from Thresher in Jan of 1963. We had been in PNSY recently and Richard BARTSCH heard we were going to the MED. He was quite the liberty hound.
When he died in the mid 80s his ashes were brought out to the THRESHER site for burial.
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Posted: 11 Apr 2017 at 3:03pm |
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Skipjack-class submarines USS Skipjack (SSN-585) USS Scamp (SSN-588) USS Scorpion (SSN-589) USS Sculpin (SSN-590) USS Shark (SSN-591) USS Snook (SSN-592) The Shark was out of Norfolk (D & S piers) in 1968. |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2017 at 9:58am |
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Getting ANDREW JACKSON ready for initial sea trials at Mare Island. We were a little nervous but we had super PCO's (Whittle and Wilson) and eng (Whitey Mack).
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